Colour: black
Size: 0.8mm
Size of hole: 1.0mm
The myth of the origin of Onyx says that the goddess Venus was resting on the banks of the Indus River. As she slept, Cupid used the point of one of his enchanted arrows to give her a manicure. The parings of her nails then fell into the waters of the sacred river. Since the nails were of heavenly origin, they sank to the river bottom and were metamorphosed into Onyx. It is a member of the Quartz family called Chalcedony. The name Chalcedony comes from Calcedon or Calchedon, an ancient port on the Sea of Marmara in Asia Minor.
Onyx is a stone of inner strength which increases one's ability to maintain focus, allowing one to learn challenging new material and it encourages attention to detail. It also has grounding abilities and calms nervousness, quells anxiety, soothes hot tempers and brings reason to passion.
Key words: inner strength, focused attention, willpower, self-mastery, reason
Element: earth
Chakras: root (1st), solar plexus (3rd), third eye (6th)
